Yesterday’s enemies Manji Rahoui, National Consituent Assembly (NCA) member of the left Unified Democratic Nationals Party (UDNP) and Habib Louz, NCA member of the Islamic Ennahda Movement, which holds a majority in the Tunisian parliament, embraced. Known for their fierce disputes that entailed exchanging serious accusations throughout the constitution-drafting process, the show of camaraderie surprised […]

The political crisis in Tunisia has finally started to improve, since the endorsement of the Constitution and the formation of a new independent government, in consensus with various political parties. The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) and its Secretary-General Houcine Abassi have played a critical role in this breakthrough. Abassi was considered such an influential […]

Mustapha Filali stands on the red carpet of the National Constituent Assembly’s ceremonial hall. He is not tall but stands with an air of sovereignty. Although there are many people in the hall attending the ceremony, which is has been organized to celebrate the finalization of the Constitution, it is still easy to see Filali’s […]

People who throw out their household waste in the Tunisian capital city do not know, and cannot begin to imagine, that there are others waiting impatiently for that waste in search of their daily bread. People who throw out their household waste in the Tunisian capital city do not know, and cannot begin to imagine, […]

Nobody would have ever expected that Mahdi Jumaa, a relatively unknown Minister of Industry in the Larayedh Islamic government, would rise to such high ranks in the remaining transitional period.   Yet on January 28, a majority in the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) elected the 51-year-old Jumaa to lead the country’s path towards its legislative […]

There is nothing particularly memorable about Jihad. He has dark skin and wears a hat to cover his bald head. Really there is nothing to distinguish him from any other young Tunisian of his age. But Jihad has a hole in his shoulder, and this changed not only his life but the path of the […]

Amid a sea of protesters in front of the Tunisian Ministry of Interior, one young man is carried above the crowd and he is holding an empty bird cage. It is a memorable image, and one which was carried by many of the international news agencies on January 14, 2011. With a childlike face and […]

Adel al-Alami once sold vegetables in the al-Mursi suburb of Tunis. A secondary school drop out with few prospects, al-Alami rose to notoriety after the 2011 revolution when he gave up his vegetable cart and became an Islamic preacher on a mission to save Sharia. Adel al-Alami once sold vegetables in the al-Mursi suburb of […]

Mongi Rahaoui, an MP for the Popular Front moves about only when accompanied by his personal guard, even inside the National Constituent Assembly (NCA). His guard was even present during this interview with Correspondents. Rahaoul has been taking such precautions since being threatened with death after  one of his colleagues in the NCA accused him […]